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“The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something by being nothing”

Life Dream Light Life Is Lying Religion Tree Rivers Staring

Book:Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Source: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus, the measure of our civilization will not be that we have done much, but what we have done with that much. I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism. The thought of modern industry in the hands of Christian charity is a dream worth dreaming. The thought of industry in the hands of paganism is a nightmare beyond imagining. The choice between the two is upon us.”

“Religion is an edifice built upon the dream of a beautiful world... Pity the dreamers are rarely builders.”

World Dream Beautiful Religion Built Pity Dreamer Builder Edifice Beautiful World

Author:Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal

“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”

“Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the savagery that lurks under civilization and emerges in our dreams, crimes and wars? ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.”

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Book:The Lessons of History

Source: The Lessons of History

“He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.”

Men Dream Reality Religion Imagination Vision Atheism Stage Higher Involved Promise God Love Ecstasy Kill Me Great Hope Novices

Author:Voltaire

“Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.”

Dream Spirit Religion Spirituality Belief Imagination Atheism Atheist Agnostic There Is No God There Being No God Supernatural Powers

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.”

Knows Has Beens Ideas Dream Age Religion Principles Fundamentals Mere Sentiments Dogma Fifteen Mockery 60th Birthday Fundamental Principles

Author:John Henry Newman

“Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion... perhaps around their necks? And maybe -- dare I dream it? -- maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively.”

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Author:Jon Stewart

“Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.”

Source: Time Enough for Love